Posted by: JollyLibrarian on: November 26, 2008
The library will close at 8 p.m. today for the Thanksgiving holiday. We will reopen at 7:45 a.m. on Monday, December 1.
We hope everyone has a nice holiday weekend with family and friends.
Remember, if you need to conduct research whenever the library itself is closed, all the databases are accessible from off-campus. You will need your A [...]
Posted by: JollyLibrarian on: November 24, 2008
Position: Instructional Librarian
Duties: Library instruction, creating tutorials, reference, deciphering citations
What do you like most about working in the library? Helping students with their research!
What do you wish students knew about the library? We can help make your college experience a little less stressful. And that’s a guarantee.* (*Some restrictions apply.)
What are your hobbies? Reading, eating, [...]
Posted by: JollyLibrarian on: November 21, 2008
If you’re attending NSCC, then I know one of your life goals is probably to earn a college degree. But I’m sure you have others as well, such as:
Getting married
Having a family
Buying a house
You know, all the biggies. But for many of us, there are lots of little things we want to do. It might [...]
Posted by: JollyLibrarian on: November 19, 2008
Database of the Month
Points of View Reference Center
This is one of our newer databases and a great one if you need help coming up with a topic or are writing an argumentative paper.
Our wonderful instructional librarian, Emily Bush, has created a couple of tutorials for this database, which we hope you find helpful.
http://ww2.nscc.edu/bush_emily/povbrowse/povbrowse.html
http://ww2.nscc.edu/bush_emily/povsearch/povsearch.html
Posted by: JollyLibrarian on: November 18, 2008
Now’s the Time to Let Your Inner Critic Shine!
Once your draft is done, now’s the time to get out the proverbial red pen and read it over and over for mistakes.
At this stage, I’m not talking about proofreading. It makes no sense to make sure every comma is in the right place in a [...]
Posted by: JollyLibrarian on: November 13, 2008
Works Cited
When I taught English, I was amazed at how often Works Cited pages were done incorrectly. Students often lost many points from what were simple formatting mistakes. So here is the big secret behind writing the Works Cited or bibliography page: Don’t rely on your memory. Get a good style handbook and follow it religiously.
Seriously, I [...]
Posted by: JollyLibrarian on: November 10, 2008
(Note: Today’s post is taken from the NSCC Student Handbook)
What is plagiarism?
According to Random House Webster’s College Dictionary, plagiarism is “the unauthorized use of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one’s own.”
Why should I care about plagiarism?
The main reason is that it is academic stealing. It’s claiming [...]
Posted by: JollyLibrarian on: November 6, 2008
Writing the Paper
So at this point, you have your research question. You have your sources. You have them read and marked. And if you followed my earlier advice, you have a very rough essay that outlines your thoughts on your topic. So now it’s time to write the first rough draft.
(Here is a link to [...]
Posted by: JollyLibrarian on: November 3, 2008
Today, we have a guest post from librarian Emily Bush.
Keyword vs. Subject Searching
If you panicked upon your discovery that the library databases don’t look like this:
Don’t fret. Understanding the difference between keyword and subject searches will free you from the confines of Googling.
Subject Searches:
Use subject searches to seek information by topic. Subject searching uses [...]
